What are some words that describe animals?

Answer 1

Animal Groups

• Frogs- Army
• Turtles- Bales
• Coyotes- Band
• Quail- Bevy
• Pheasants- Bouquet
• Hawks- Cast
• Finches- Charm
• Cats- Clowder
• Penguins- Colony
• Rhinos- Crash
• Woodpeckers- Descent
• Doves- Dole
• Hares- Down
• Squirrels- Dray
• Hogs- Drift
• Crocodiles- Float
• Elks- Gang
• Hawks- Kettle
• Cows- Kine
• Moles- Labor
• Leopards- Leap
• Crows- Murder
• Chickens- Peep
• Apes- Shrewdness
• Bears- Sleuth
• Swans- Wedge
• Ferrets - Parliment and/or Business

Answer 2

These words are called collective nouns (not plural) and there are dozens if not hundreds of them. When used for groups of animals they are called terms of venery. Some examples:

Lions: pride

Whales: pod

Insects in general: swarm

Ferrets: business

Birds in general: flock

Unruly people: mob

Geese: gaggle

Answer 3

There are many different collective nouns by which animals are grouped. Some are general for a type of animal and some are specific to a species of animal. The most common are:

• a flock of birds
• a swarm of insects
• a school of fish

The collective noun used to group large animals is herd; some examples are:

• a herd of cattle
• a herd of goats
• a herd of camels

Some examples of collective nouns specific to a species are:

• a mob of kangaroos
• a pride of lions
• an army of ants
• a swarm of mosquitoes
• a caravan of camels
• a colony of beavers
• a drove of cattle
• a pack of wolves
• a pit of snakes
• a run of salmon
• a pod of dolphins
• a troop of monkeys
• a gaggle of geese
• a squabble of seagulls
• a pandemonium of parrots

Some collective nouns are very funny.

A group of crows is called a murder.

A group of alligators or plovers is a congregation.

A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle but if they are flying they are a skein.

A group of goldfinch are a charm.

A group of grasshoppers is a cloud.

A group of cats is a kindle, clowder, or clutter.

A group of dogs is a kennel, or pack.

A group of turtledoves is a pity.

Answer 4

There is no standard collective noun for animals in general. Some standard collective nouns are:

• a herd of animals
• a flock of birds
• a school of fish, a shoal of fish

Many individual species have a standardized collective noun, for example:

• an aerie of hawks
• an armory of aardvarks
• an army of ants
• an army of caterpillars
• an army of frogs
• a band of coyotes
• a band of gorillas
• a barren of mules
• a bask of crocodiles
• a battery of barracuda
• a bed of mussels
• a bellowing of bullfinches
• a bike of bees
• a brace of hounds
• a brood of hens
• a buffoonery of orangutans
• a business of ferrets
• a caravan of camels
• a cartload of monkeys
• a chain of bobolinks
• a chain of lynx
• a charm of finches
• a clan of badgers
• a clan of hyenas
• a clash of bucks
• a cloud of gnats
• a cloud of grasshoppers
• a clowder of cats
• a coalition of cheetahs
• a colony of beavers
• a colony of gulls
• a colony of ibises
• a congress of baboons
• a cote of doves
• a covey of grouse
• a down of hares
• a drove of bullocks
• a drove of cattle
• a drove of goats
• an exaltation of larks
• a fall of lambs
• a family of otters
• a flamboyance of flamingos
• a flight of cormorants
• a flock of birds
• a flock of ostriches
• a flutter of butterflies
• a fry of eels
• a gaggle of geese
• a gang of buffalo
• a glean of herrings
• a glint of goldfish
• a herd of antelopes
• a herd of bison
• a herd of boars
• a herd of caribou
• a herd of elk
• a herd of llamas
• a horde of gerbils
• a horde of hamsters
• a hover of hummingbirds
• a huddle of hippos
• an implausibility of gnus
• a journey of giraffes
• a kindle of kittens
• a labor of moles
• a leash of deer
• a leash of greyhounds
• a lodge of beavers
• a lounge of lizards
• a memory of elephants
• a mischief of mice
• a nest of hornets
• a pace of asses
• a pack of dogs
• a pack of mongooses
• a pack of wolves
• a pandemonium of parrots
• a parliament of owls
• a party of jays
• a passel of hogs
• a pit of snakes
• a plague of locusts
• a plump of ducks
• a pod of dolphins
• a prickle of hedgehogs
• a pride of lions
• a quiver of cobras
• a run of salmon
• a school of cod
• a sedge of herons
• a shoal of fish
• a shoal of mackerel
• a siege of bitterns
• a skulk of foxes
• a sleuth of bears
• a smack of jellyfish
• a soar of falcons
• a soar of kestrels
• a squabble of seagulls
• a swarm of flies
• a swarm of mosquitoes
• a team of horses
• a tribe of magpies
• a troop of apes
• a troop of kangaroos
• a troop of monkeys
• a wake of buzzards
• a watch of nightingales

Answer 5

The most common collective nouns for animals are a flock of birds, a school of fish, a swarm of insects. Most collective nouns for animals are specific for a type of animal, for example:

• a colony of ants
• a flock of ducks
• a sloth of bears
• a pod of whales
• a hive of bees
• a herd of buffalo
• a bed of clams
• a pack of wolves
• a flamboyance of flamingos
• a knot of frogs

Answer 6

There are literally hundreds of collective nouns for all kinds of animals, far too many to list here. Some are general for a type of animal and some are specific to a species of animal.

The most common are:

• a flock of birds
• a swarm of insects
• a school of fish

The collective noun used to group large animals is herd; some examples are:

• a herd of cattle
• a herd of goats
• a herd of camels

Some examples of collective nouns specific to a species are:

• a mob of kangaroos
• a pride of lions
• an army of ants
• a swarm of mosquitoes
• a caravan of camels
• a colony of beavers
• a drove of cattle
• a pack of wolves
• a pit of snakes
• a run of salmon
• a pod of dolphins
• a troop of monkeys
• a squabble of seagulls
• a pandemonium of parrots

Answer 7

Examples of collective nouns for animals are:

• an army of ants
• a sleuth of bears
• a caravan of camels
• a litter of kittens
• a drove of cattle
• a bed of clams
• a float of crocodiles
• a pack of wolves
• a pod of dolphins
• a charm of finches
• a school of fish
• a band of gorillas
• a leash of greyhounds
• a nest of vipers

Answer 8

herbivore,omnivore,hibernates,carnivore,big, small, long legs, and many many many many many many manny more

Answer 9

That would depend on the species of animals, the group name can change with the animal species in question. Your question therefore needs to be more specific.